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Macbeth
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1. “Fair is … air” | Fair is foul, and foul is fair, hover through the fog and filthy air |
| 2. “For brave … Minion” | For brave Macbeth - well he deserves that name - disdaining fortune, with his brandished steel, which smoked with bloody execution - like valour’s minion |
| 3. “O valiant …” | O valiant cousin, worthy gentleman |
| 4. “No more … Macbeth” | No more that thane of Cawdor shall deceive our bosom interest. Go pronounce his present death and with his former title greet Macbeth |
| 5. “What he … won” | What he hath lost, noble Macbeth hath won |
| 6. “So foul …” | So foul and fair a day I have not seen |
| 7. “What are… on’t?” | What are these, so withered, and so wild in their attire, that look not like th’inhabitants o’th’earth, and yet are on’t? |
| 8.” Lesser than …” | Lesser than Macbeth, and greater |
| 9. “ And oftentimes … consequence” | And oftentimes to win us to our harm, the instruments of darkness tell us truths, win us with honest trifles, to betray’s in deepest consequence |
| 10. “There’s no … face” | There’s no art to find the minds construction in the face |
| 11. “The service … itself” | The service and loyalty I owe, in doing it, pays itself |
| 12. “I have … growing” | I have begun to plant thee, and will Labour to make thee full of growing |
| 13. “We will … all deservers” | We will establish our estate upon our eldest, Malcolm, whom we name hereafter the prince of Cumberland; which honour must not unaccompanied invest him only, but signs of nobleness, like stars, shall shine on all deservers” |
| 14. “That is … o’erleap” | That is a step on which I must fall down, or else o’erleap |
| 15. “Stars, hide … desires” | Stars, hide your fires! Let not light see my black and deep desires” |
| 16. “Yet do … way” | Yet do I fear thy nature; it is too full o’th’milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way |
| 17. “Hie thee … round” | Hie thee hither, that I may pour my spirits in thine ear, and chastise with the valour of my tongue all that impedes thee from the golden round |
| 18. “Come, you … cruelty” | Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe top-full of direst cruelty |
| 19. “Look like … under’t” | Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t” |
| 20. “The air …” | The air is delicate |
| 21. “Give me … him” | Give me your hand; conduct me to mine host: we love him highly and shall continue our graces towards him |
| 22. “If it … quickly” | If it were done, when tis done, then twere well it were done quickly |
| 23. “Bloody instructions … th’inventor” | Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return to plague th’inventor |
| 24. “I have … other” | I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself and falls on the other |
| 25. “We will … business” | We will proceed no further in this business |
| 26. “Art thou … desire?” | Art thou afeard to be the same in thine own act and valour as thou art in desire? |
| 27. “I dare … none” | I dare do all that may become a man; who dares do more, is none |
| 28. “We Fail! … fail” | We fail! But screw your courage to the sticking place and well not fail |
| 29. “False face … know” | False face must hide what false heart doth know |
| 30. “Is this … I draw” | Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand? … art thou not, fatal vision, sensible to feeling as to sight? Or art thou but a dagger of the mind, a false creation |
| 31. “He could … done’t” | He could not miss ‘em. Had he not resembled my father as he slept, I had done’t |
| 32. “But wherefore … throat” | But wherefore could not I pronounce ‘amen’? I had most need of blessing and ‘amen’ stuck in my throat |
| 33. “These deeds … mad” | These deeds must not be thought after these ways. So, it will make us mad |
| 34. “Methought I … sleep’” | Methought I heard a voice cry ‘Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep’ |
| 35. “Will all … hand?” | Will all great Neptunes ocean wash this blood clear from my hand? |
| 36. “A little … then!” | A little water clears us of this deed. How easy is it then! |
| 37. “ To know … couldst!” | To know my deed, ‘twere best not know myself. Wake Duncan with thy knocking! I would thou couldst! |
| 38. “Lamenting heard … shake” | Lamentings heard i’ the air; strange screams of death, … some say, the earth was feverous and did shake |
| 39. “Had I … time” | Had I but died an hour before this chance, I had lived a blessèd time |
| 40. “Thou hast … for’t” | Thou hast it now: King, Cawdor, Glamis, all, as the weird women promised; and I fear thou played’st most foully for’t |
| 41. “To be … thus” | To be this is nothing, but to be safely thus |
| 42. “ Banquo, thy … tonight” | Banquo, thy souls flight, if it finds heaven, must find it out tonight |
| 43. “Noughts had … joy” | Noughts had, alls spent, where our desire is got without content: ‘Tis safer to be that which we destroy than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy |
| 44. “O’ full … wife” | O’ full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife! |
| 45. “Ourself will … host” | Ourself will mingle with society, and play the humble host |
| 46. “There the … fled” | There the grown serpent lies; the worms that fled |
| 47. “ Are you …” | Are you a man? |
| 48. “Blood will …” | Blood will have blood |
| 49. “I am … o’er” | I am in blood, stepped in so far that, should I wade no more, returning were as tedious as go o’er |
| 50. “As by … confusion” | As by the strength of their illusion, shall draw him on to his confusion |
| 51. “Macbeth! Macbeth! … Enough” | Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! Beware Macduff; Beware the Thane of Fife. Dismiss me. Enough |
| 52. “And take … thunder” | And take a bond of fate: thou shalt not live; That I may tell pale hearted fear it lies, and sleep in spite of thunder |
| 53. “Macbeth shall … him” | Macbeth shall never vanquished be, until great birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill shall come against him |
| 54. “From this … hand” | From this moment the very firstlings of my heart shall be the firstlings of my hand |
| 55. But cruel … ourselves” | But cruel are the times when we are traitors, and do not know ourselves |
| 56. “This tyrant .., honest” | This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues was once thought honest |
| 57. “I think … wounds” | I think our country sinks beneath the yoke; it weeps, it bleeds; and each new day a gash is added to her wounds |
| 58. “Not in … Macbeth” | Not in the legions of horrid hell can come a devil more damned in evils to top Macbeth |
| 59. “Macbeth is .., instruments” | Macbeth is ripe for shaking, and the powers above put on their instruments |
| 60. “Out, damned … murky” | Out, damned spot! Out, I say! One, two, by, then this time to do’t. Hell is murky |
| 61. “What’s done … undone” | What’s done cannot be undone |
| 62. “Unnatural deeds … physician” | Unnatural deeds do breee unnatural troubles … more needs she the divine than the physician |
| 63. “Now does … love” | Now does he feel his secret murders sticking on his hands; … those he commands move only in command, nothing in love |
| 64. “ I have … leaf” | I have lived long enoug: my way of life is fall’s into the sere, the yellow leaf |
| 65. “Out, out …more” | Out, out, brief candle. Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more |
| 66. “I ‘gin … undone” | I ‘gin to be aweary of the sun, and wish th’estate o’th’world were now undone |
| 67. “They have … course” | They have tied me to a stake; I cannot fly, but, bear-like, I must fight the course |
| 68. “My soul … already” | My soul is too much charged with blood of thine already |
| 69. “Tell thee … ripped” | Tell thee Macduff was fro, his mothers womb untimely ripped |
| 70. “And be … sense” | And be these juggling fiends no more believed, that palter with us in a double sense |
| 71. “I will … curse” | I will not yield to kiss the ground before young Malcolm’s feet, and to be baited with the rabbits curse |
| 72. “Here … comfort” | Here comes newer comfort |
| 73. “The … free” | The time is free |
| 74. “Of this … life” | Of this dead butcher and his fiend-like queen, - who, as ‘tis thought, by self and violent hands took off her life |
| 75. “By the … place” | By the grace of grace, we will perform in measure, time and place |
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